호전되다

Korean

Etymology

호전(好轉) (hojeon) +‎ 되다 (doeda, “to become”, light verb deriving passive verbs).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɸʷo̞(ː)d͡ʑʌ̹ndwe̞da̠] ~ [ˈɸʷo̞(ː)d͡ʑʌ̹ndø̞da̠]
  • Phonetic hangeul: [호(ː)전뒈다/호(ː)전되다]
    • Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, the great majority of speakers (in both Koreas) no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hojeondoeda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hojeondoeda
McCune–Reischauer?hojŏndoeda
Yale Romanization?hōcentoyta

Verb

호전되다 • (hojeondoeda) (infinitive 호전돼 or 호전되어, sequential 호전되니)

  1. (intransitive) to improve, to get better, to take a turn for the better
    사태가 호전되었다. ― Sataega hojeondoeeotda. ― The situation has improved.
    Antonym: 악화(惡化)되다 (akhwadoeda)

Conjugation

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